Reply With Quotehave a NIKASIL engine but a seriously fast car,I am sure the 540 / 6 lovers and haters will chime in.There are lots of posts on this.The 540 probably will use less gas than your 535 too!
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extended info about E34 540i/6
I need some extended information about the E34 540i /6, any pics graphs? is it good or bad? hard or easy to find?
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hard to find,hard to fix,may almost certainly
have a NIKASIL engine but a seriously fast car,I am sure the 540 / 6 lovers and haters will chime in.There are lots of posts on this.The 540 probably will use less gas than your 535 too!
Gone but not forgotten
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I expected so! any pictures for the engine ? is it a 4.0L ? or 3.7L engine ?
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4.0 v8,hydraulic valve lifters i think they are 4v per cylinder,not much to see tho check out a few posts in this thread...
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Re: 540i/6
Grave, I was looking through my files for full-on engine pics and I don't actually have any...got close ups of some bits here and there...
Here's a pic of the whole assembly out in your living room for spring cleaning...
...and here's what it looks like under the hood...
(click here for a HONKING BIG pics of an M60B40 (4.0L) engine)
The 540i/6 is a seriously fun car...they are especially awesome when chipped. Although not quite at M5 levels (either engine or suspension) they are not too bad. My research has indicated that the 540i/6 (a.k.a. 540i with "Sports Package") came with 6-speed, Recaro seats, and M-technic suspension, although they are sometimes confused with the US/Cdn-spec 540i M-Sport/M540i's. I have not heard of a 1995 540i with sports package and an auto transmission but I have learned to "never say never"...except of course, when you are saying "never say never"...then it's ok to say never.
Having driven a range of E34s: 525iA, 535iA, 535im, 530iA, 540iA, 540i/6 and M5s, I can say that if a 525i is a 1 and an M5 is a 10, I can honestly say a 540i/6 feels like a 9.2. Great torque, perhaps even a bit more low end than a 3.6 M5, awesome brakes and a very tight chassis and suspension.
Even after a pissy day at work, my 540i/6 always gets me home with these...
Cheers,
Duey
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It's a 10 if you hate adjusting valves. The sound of the motor is glorious.
BTW, that lower picture looks like an m62 to me.
Last edited by tim; 01-02-2005 at 11:02 PM.
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Originally Posted by tim
Duey
p.s. I'm thinking of doing a trial install of a Magnaflow SS muffler on the Beast...plan is to weld it in myself in a reversible manner from the stock model...if all goes well will get sound bytes of it...he, he...
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I know about the 540i V8, what I was asking for was the 540i 6 cylinders.I heared that such a car exists !! I was wondering if this was a 3.7L type or it's for real a 4.0L 6 cylinders. .... any idea guys?
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cool info mate! but I still see guys here are obsessed with the 535i more than the 540i, but can u provide me with graphs comparing torque when both chipped ?
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Don't thinks so...for the big sixes, there was the 2.5 thru 3.5L M30, a 3.4 turbo of the M30 known as the M102, the 3.5/3.6/3.8L S38 are all I know to exist near that displacement (OEM BMW-wise).
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